http://bahai-library.com Hosts materials on or related to the Baha'i Faith http://bahai-library.com/wegener_divine_springtime Overview of Bahá'í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975. Author: Daniel Nelson Wegener. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/wegener_divine_springtime http://bahai-library.com/cobb_poems_live_by Poems of youth, of nature and love, and poems of the spirit. Author: Stanwood Cobb. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/cobb_poems_live_by http://bahai-library.com/maani_explanation_hidden-words_1 Chapter #4 from the book, provided as a sample by the publisher. Author: Dariush Maani. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/maani_explanation_hidden-words_1 http://bahai-library.com/boicu_knight_interregnum An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the "interregnum," linking today's turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope. Author: Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/boicu_knight_interregnum http://bahai-library.com/toth_write_from_heart A selection of poems addressing the quest for creativity. Author: Jaine Toth. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_write_from_heart http://bahai-library.com/toth_scent_spirituality A selection of poems on taking a poetic path in search of the Divine. Author: Jaine Toth. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_scent_spirituality http://bahai-library.com/khanum_letter_canada_1986 Letter summarizing a recent trip to Canada and experiences visiting Indian reservations; Bahá'ís must find new ways to approach and respect native culture and spirituality in order to attract them to the Faith; the Peigan Pipe Ceremony. Author: Rúhíyyih Khánum. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:04:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/khanum_letter_canada_1986 http://bahai-library.com/anon_one-common-faith_summary Summary of a commentary prepared in 2005 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, that reviews passages from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of the contemporary religious crisis. Author: Anonymous. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/anon_one-common-faith_summary http://bahai-library.com/uhj_tablet_badi-u-llah Regards the translation of a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh (“Be generous in prosperity…”) by Shoghi Effendi. Author: Universal House of Justice, Research Department. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_tablet_badi-u-llah http://bahai-library.com/boicu_knowledge_game What does the Revelation have to contribute to the modern system of knowledge and academic disciplines? To what extent does the understanding of the Revelation depend on the modern system of knowledge? This problematic is the knowledge game of religion. Author: Filip Boicu. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/boicu_knowledge_game http://bahai-library.com/chamankhah_persianization_shaykhism On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the theology of maʿrifa (gnosis); how Kirmání and his successors deal with the Bábí cause; Kirmání's attempts to Persianize the Shaykhi creeds. Author: Leila Chamankhah. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/chamankhah_persianization_shaykhism http://bahai-library.com/cohen_hojjatiyeh_society_iran History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi'ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/cohen_hojjatiyeh_society_iran http://bahai-library.com/chehabi_anatomy_prejudice On social attitudes toward Bahá'ís in Iranian society; religious and cultural prejudice; anti-Bahá'í arguments and conspiracies; their political prominence under the Sháh; Iranian nationalism and Bahá'í cosmopolitanism; Bahá'ís and Persian culture. Author: H. E. Chehabi. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/chehabi_anatomy_prejudice http://bahai-library.com/abizadeh_list_publications Listing of articles and other material, including audio/visual, online at the author's website, many with content related to Bahá'í studies. Author: Arash Abizadeh. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abizadeh_list_publications http://bahai-library.com/rabi_cohen_iran_israel Conference proceedings on the relations between the regional powers of Iran and the Arab world, and the relations between Iran and Israel since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Only passing mention of Bahá'ís, but of general relevance. Author: Uzi Rabi, Ronen A. Cohen. Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/rabi_cohen_iran_israel http://bahai-library.com/schewel_concept_spiritual_force The concept of spiritual force - purpose, and growth in capacity - constitutes an important component of both Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s thought and a Bahá’í conceptual framework; overview of historical approaches to the concept of spiritual force. Author: Benjamin Schewel. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/schewel_concept_spiritual_force http://bahai-library.com/cohen_agodet_hahajitya On the historical background of the Hojjatieh Society and its philosophy; the Islamic revolution; Khomeini and Halabi. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/cohen_agodet_hahajitya http://bahai-library.com/cohen_exclusion_mojehedin-khalq On the Iranian Islamist semi-Marxist organization founded by students in Tehran in 1965 to oppose the Shah; history of repression in contemporary Iran. No mention of the Faith other than in footnotes. Author: Ronen A. Cohen. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/cohen_exclusion_mojehedin-khalq http://bahai-library.com/schewel_subtraction_narratives On the claims that religion flourishes when ignorance, powerlessness, and passivity govern human life, giving way to a more secular rationalism; on the thought of Daniel Dennett, John Dewey, and Maurice Gauchet. Author: Benjamin Schewel. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/schewel_subtraction_narratives http://bahai-library.com/nurish_injustice_indonesian_bahai Religious freedom in Indonesia; political and social dynamic with the Muslim majority; religious conflicts and minority rights; political and social consequences of surviving as a Bahá'í. Author: Amanah Nurish. Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nurish_injustice_indonesian_bahai http://bahai-library.com/buck_structure_eschatological_arabic Much of the Qur'an concerns heaven and hell and the final judgment to come, using various kinds of figures of speech, like transference, metaphor, symbol; exploration of these figures as phenomenological, cognitive, and meaning-intended. Author: Christopher Buck. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/buck_structure_eschatological_arabic http://bahai-library.com/oliveira_book-certitude_theological_principles Detailed presentation on the historical background of the Íqán; its content and structure; the themes of God, the Manifestations of God, and the Human Being; signs of a new revelation. Author: Marco Oliveira. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/oliveira_book-certitude_theological_principles http://bahai-library.com/davudi_hisami_muqaddamih Short introduction praising the author for this study, beneficial for those who are engaged in teaching and for seekers of knowledge. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_hisami_muqaddamih http://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_makatib_9 Author: Abdu'l-Bahá. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_makatib_9 http://bahai-library.com/jstr_social_economic_bahai 15 articles in a journal issue dedicated to Bahá'í studies. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/jstr_social_economic_bahai http://bahai-library.com/khan_constancy_change Address to the 2010 United States Bahá'í convention: transcript, video, and audio. Author: Peter J. Khan. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/khan_constancy_change http://bahai-library.com/us-nsa_compilation_boards_counselors Compilation covering all aspects of this institution. Includes address by Edna True on the relationship of the boards of counselors to national spiritual assemblies. Author: Universal House of Justice. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/us-nsa_compilation_boards_counselors http://bahai-library.com/true_relationship_counselors_nsas On the true nature and theory of operation of Bahá'u'lláh's Administrative Order. Author: Edna M. True. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/true_relationship_counselors_nsas http://bahai-library.com/kazem-beg_bab_babidui On the origins of the Bábí Faith; the Mazandaran, Nayriz, and Zanjan events; the life of the Bab; and religious doctrine. Author: Aleksandr Kazem-Beg. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/kazem-beg_bab_babidui http://bahai-library.com/jordan_knowledge_volition_action A comprehensive deepening program on knowledge of God's purpose for man; the role of volition in spiritual transformation; the role of self-disciplined action in spiritual transformation. Author: Daniel C. Jordan. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/jordan_knowledge_volition_action http://bahai-library.com/buck_metaphors_bahai_christian Comparison of doctrinal metaphors found in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith through the lens of Saint Ephrem, the greatest poet of the era; this pairing of metaphors with doctrinal concepts is a theological contribution to the phenomenology of religion. Author: Christopher Buck. Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/buck_metaphors_bahai_christian http://bahai-library.com/wiegley_collected_essays Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Bahá'í thought and practice. Author: John Wiegley. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/wiegley_collected_essays http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_principles_bahai_scholarship On the use and development of the intellect; the nature and importance of scholarship; its pursuit in contemporary context; the Bahá'í model as an example. Author: Robert Sarracino. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_principles_bahai_scholarship http://bahai-library.com/schulman-benatar_music_ladder_soul How music can elevate our spirit; brief overview of some highlights of music history from different cultures; quotations from the Writings and other sources on the importance of music. Author: Sylvia Schulman-Benatar. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/schulman-benatar_music_ladder_soul http://bahai-library.com/kaye_creating_culture_learning Transformation of human character and existence; evolution toward a new world order; change of culture; pedagogy and learning; collective evolution. Author: Sylvia Kaye. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/kaye_creating_culture_learning http://bahai-library.com/meidany_health_healing On four general themes in the Bahá'í Writings that address healing and infirmities, along with a short collection of quotations. Author: Parashtu Meidany. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/meidany_health_healing http://bahai-library.com/steiner_internet_knowledge_management Slides on what is knowledge management, knowledge sharing, access to information within Bahá'í communities, the Institute Process, and changing community culture. Author: Roy Steiner. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/steiner_internet_knowledge_management http://bahai-library.com/makhele_concept_religious_democracy On the meaning of religious democracy in Bahá’í literature compared with political literature; the obligations and roles of institutions and the government vs. Bahá’í collective institutions such as feasts, Spiritual Assemblies, and conventions. Author: Enos Makhele. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/makhele_concept_religious_democracy http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_science_religion_development Development planning must take into account the culture of the people they're working with; incorporating the spiritual dimensions of human existence into programs to alleviate poverty; the failure of materialism. Author: Farhad Aghdasi. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_science_religion_development http://bahai-library.com/robarts_long_obligatory_prayer Gives examples how through the Long Obligatory Prayer, believers gain divine guidance, find receptive souls, and achieve confidence, unity, and effective service. Transcript not formatted. Author: John Robarts. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/robarts_long_obligatory_prayer http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_shaker_spirituality_indicators On creating measures to assess development progress through the perspective of five ethical and spiritual principles: unity in diversity equity and justice; equality of the sexes; trustworthiness and moral leadership; independent investigation of truth. Author: Farzin Aghdasi, Abbas Shaker. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_shaker_spirituality_indicators http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_color_conscious_review Author: Farzin Aghdasi. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_color_conscious_review http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_administrative_order_democratic Characteristics of Western civilization and its forms of democratic government; the Bahá'í Administrative Order differs in almost every respect; the Bahá'í ideals and practices represent a higher stage of the development of human social organization. Author: Farzin Aghdasi. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_administrative_order_democratic http://bahai-library.com/pholosi_aspects_basotho_culture On issues that have faced the Bahá'í community in the 45 years since the Faith was introduced in Lesotho; challenges faced by these early and latter-day believers; responsibilities of teaching and administration; brief history of the Faith in the region. Author: Khoeli Pholosi. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/pholosi_aspects_basotho_culture http://bahai-library.com/makhele_fundamentals_african_nenaissance On Africa's many challenges. The African Renaissance is essentially the transformation of society; moral and spiritual change is at the root of all aspects of its development, be they political, economic, educational, social, cultural, or scientific. Author: Enos Makhele. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/makhele_fundamentals_african_nenaissance http://bahai-library.com/marks_uhj_agent_change On the nature of change within a community, its methods and authority; the rate and parameters of socially-acceptable change; how the Universal House of Justice exercises wisdom in leading the Bahá'í community. Author: Geoffrey W. Marks. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/marks_uhj_agent_change http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_divine_philosophy_understanding On the need for a basic understanding of the concepts of religion for the improvement of society. Author: Robert Sarracino. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_divine_philosophy_understanding http://bahai-library.com/derakhshani_ethics_african_culture Overview of some aspects of African traditional practices from a Bahá'í perspective. Author: Mojgan Derakhshani. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/derakhshani_ethics_african_culture http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_gender_equality_southern-africa The nature of prejudice; the role of religion in advancement of women; the first educator; tradition and culture; the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation; education programs; the practice of consultation and gender equality in Bahá'í communities. Author: Farhad Aghdasi. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/aghdasi_gender_equality_southern-africa http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_proofs_existence_god Outline and summary of traditional proofs of God, and cosmological, teleological, and ontological; theological arguments from Abdu'l-Bahá. Author: Robert Sarracino. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sarracino_proofs_existence_god http://bahai-library.com/christensen_information_dispensation Outline of the Information Age: its nature and potential, its history, and relevance in Bahá'í teachings. Author: Phil Christensen. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/christensen_information_dispensation http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_tablet_ali-turshizi A brief tablet on the memory of Abraham and Moses; the verity of God’s decrees; patience amidst adversity; and mention of a "book." Author: The Báb. Mohammad Norozi, trans. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_tablet_ali-turshizi http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_kitab-iqan Support material for a structured course at the undergraduate level, on the Íqán's context, history, importance, and contents. Includes many scholarly articles, excerpts from other materials, glossary, bibliography, outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_kitab-iqan http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_sdc Support material for a structured course on the this book's context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_sdc http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_century-light Support material for a structured course on the this book's context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abs-sa_study_course_century-light http://bahai-library.com/abs_southern_africa_archive Backup of the homepage of ABS-SA, with local links to any material imported into BLO. — in process Author: Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abs_southern_africa_archive http://bahai-library.com/bab_yazdi_bayan_farsi A typed copy of the Persian Bayán originally in the handwriting of the Báb's amanuensis Husayn Yazdi. Author: The Báb. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bab_yazdi_bayan_farsi http://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_art_spierckel Author: Pierre Spierckel, trans, Universal House of Justice, comp. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/compilation_importance_art_spierckel http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordonner_bien_commun Déclaration de la communauté internationale Bahá’íe à la 64e session de la commission du développement social. Author: Bahá'í International Community. Pierre Spierckel, trans. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordonner_bien_commun http://bahai-library.com/peeke_spierckel_rencontre_abdul-baha Author: Margaret B. Peeke. Pierre Spierckel, trans. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/peeke_spierckel_rencontre_abdul-baha http://bahai-library.com/toth_teardrops Poems in tribute to Bahá’í friends who’ve relocated to the Kingdom of Abhá. Author: Jaine Toth. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_teardrops http://bahai-library.com/bic_reconceptualizing_justice A statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Author: Bahá'í International Community. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bic_reconceptualizing_justice http://bahai-library.com/bic_nouveau_concept_justice Une déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá’íe à la 70e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme des Nations unies. Author: Bahá'í International Community. Pierre Spierckel, trans. Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bic_nouveau_concept_justice http://bahai-library.com/davudi_arani_makatab_falsafi Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Iman Motlagh Arani, comp. and ed. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_arani_makatab_falsafi http://bahai-library.com/beyer_warburg_bahai_globalisation Author: Peter Beyer. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/beyer_warburg_bahai_globalisation http://bahai-library.com/davudi_montekhabati_kitab_aqdas Brief introduction to the Most Holy Book. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_montekhabati_kitab_aqdas http://bahai-library.com/roshani_khatamiyyat_radd_wujud On the concept of the Finality of Prophethood. Author: Rouhi Roshani. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/roshani_khatamiyyat_radd_wujud http://bahai-library.com/sulaymani_shafipour_abidin_abrari English translation and Persian original, of a short biography of Shaykh Zayn-al-‘Abidin, a servant of the cause distinguished for detachment, humility, and tireless service, and recipient of a number of Tablets. Author: Azizu'llah Sulaymani. Adel Shafipour, trans. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sulaymani_shafipour_abidin_abrari http://bahai-library.com/masrour_riaz_masrour_biography Author: Nader Masrour. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/masrour_riaz_masrour_biography http://bahai-library.com/index_relatives_bahaullah_bab Index of names of all family members; note on the construction of Persian names. Archive of an old webpage; no links active. Author: Author unknown. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/index_relatives_bahaullah_bab http://bahai-library.com/davudi_javvab_saval A compilation of 66 answers to questions from Bahá’í youth put to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran during and after the Iranian revolution. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_javvab_saval http://bahai-library.com/davudi_bahai_nusazi_iran 1-minute video clip from a TV show, on the kidnapping of Dr. Davudi and brief introduction of his academic books. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_bahai_nusazi_iran http://bahai-library.com/study_outlines_aids_wob Outline and summary of this series of letters, including a topical index for each, providing the thoughts of the Guardian in simplified form to be more quickly grasped by the student. Author: Study Outline Committee. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/study_outlines_aids_wob http://bahai-library.com/kelly_failed_prophecies Academic discussion of various apocalypse cults with failed prophecies, including the Millerites and the (covenant-breaker group) Bahá'ís under the Provision of the Covenant. Author: Thomas Kelly. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/kelly_failed_prophecies http://bahai-library.com/nsa-india_notes_proofs_bible Compilation of passages from the Bible, showing parallels and prophetic fulfillment in the Bahá'í Faith. Author: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, comp. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nsa-india_notes_proofs_bible http://bahai-library.com/khanum_manual_pioneers Book of practical and spiritual advice, and relevant quotations from the Writings, for pioneers experiencing new cultures and the challenges of both travel and teaching. Author: Rúhíyyih Khánum. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/khanum_manual_pioneers http://bahai-library.com/arani_surah_tawhid Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_surah_tawhid http://bahai-library.com/davudi_afnan_farid_ahang-badi Questions from the Youth Committee of Ahang-e Badi, with answers from Mr. Dr. Alimurad Davudi, Badi'u'llah Farid, and Dr. Muhammad Afnan. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí, Muhammad Afnan, Badi'u'llah Farid. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_afnan_farid_ahang-badi http://bahai-library.com/stauffer_samuel_luke_bramwell Brief biography of a Jamaican who moved to the Pacific Northwest and became a Bahá'í in 1908. Author: Robert Stauffer. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/stauffer_samuel_luke_bramwell http://bahai-library.com/ghanea_hass_seeking_justice Historical and current situation of Iran's ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups; a new popular and political consciousness is emerging in Iran in regard to human rights; the disputed 2009 elections and the protests that followed. Author: Nazila Ghanea-Hercock, Binesh Hass. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/ghanea_hass_seeking_justice http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_aqdas_causality_principle On the overall philosophical framework of the Bahá’í Faith to understand the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, which is the articulation of some of the most basic laws of spiritual reality. Author: William S. Hatcher. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_aqdas_causality_principle http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_analysis_dob The historical context of this book; its theological and philosophy; the content and structure of its writing; distinctive features of the Bahá'í revelation; covenant and administrative order. Author: William S. Hatcher. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_analysis_dob http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ruh_lezom_dyne Three separate talks, transcribed from recordings. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ruh_lezom_dyne http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_norozi_yazid_shimr Tablet of Bahaullah comparing Yazíd and Shimr with the theocratic institutions of Persia. Author: Bahá'u'lláh. Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_norozi_yazid_shimr http://bahai-library.com/davudi_molkut_vujud Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_molkut_vujud http://bahai-library.com/nicolas_qui_successeur_bab Author: A. L. M. Nicolas. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nicolas_qui_successeur_bab http://bahai-library.com/lippitt_round_table_discussions Notes for seven discussion topics, with reference numbers for The Divine Art of Living. Author: Marian Lippitt. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lippitt_round_table_discussions http://bahai-library.com/de-goeje_the_babis Sympathetic overview of early Bahá'í history in a Dutch literary journal. Author: M. J. de Goeje. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/de-goeje_the_babis http://bahai-library.com/labaree_babees_persia Sympathetic account of the Bábí Faith by an American Protestant missionary. Author: Benjamin Labaree, Jr.. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/labaree_babees_persia http://bahai-library.com/campbell_economic_movement_persia Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history and teachings, concluding with an inspiring story of wisdom and kindness of a Spiritual Assembly in Bombay. Author: Helen Campbell. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/campbell_economic_movement_persia http://bahai-library.com/gilbert_sects_dans_kurdistan Brief note dated 1872 November 10 on the Bábí population in Kurdistan, published Journal Asiatique 7:2 1873, reprinted 1997. Author: Author unknown. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/gilbert_sects_dans_kurdistan http://bahai-library.com/daily-alta_babism One-column overview, a "sketch from a forthcoming work on the religious beliefs of Persia." Author: Jean Cahagnet. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/daily-alta_babism http://bahai-library.com/thomas_review_shoghi-effendi_vision Historical and political context and worldview of this letter, and discussion of the Guardian's views of future events. Author: Richard Thomas. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/thomas_review_shoghi-effendi_vision http://bahai-library.com/lippitt_kafes_worlds_god Lengthy compilation organized to set forth an ontological and cosmological paradigm of all existence or reality. Author: Marian Lippitt, comp, J. Michael Kafes, ed. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lippitt_kafes_worlds_god http://bahai-library.com/arani_umm_al-kitab A topical overview of central laws and ethical teachings, arranged for accessibility and reference. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_umm_al-kitab http://bahai-library.com/arani_commentaries_kitab-iqan A structured reading of key themes — return and recognition, symbolic cosmology, and the logic of spiritual testing — organized for study and teaching. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_commentaries_kitab-iqan http://bahai-library.com/davudi_tarbit_dar_bahai On moral education from a scientific and ethical point of view. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_tarbit_dar_bahai http://bahai-library.com/nsa_za_statement_truth The Bahá’í community in South Africa opposed racial segregation through integrated communities and spiritual principles, avoiding partisan politics while promoting unity, equality, and reconciliation during apartheid. Author: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa Johannesburg. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nsa_za_statement_truth http://bahai-library.com/davudi_darbareh_nafs_arestu Persian translation and annotation of Aristotle's De Anima (On the Soul). [No relevance to the Bahá'í Faith other than the translator.] Author: Aristotle. Alí Murád Dávúdí, ed. and trans. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_darbareh_nafs_arestu http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ruh_falsafi_vasti Originally published in 1932, this work is considered a cornerstone for understanding the integration of faith and reason during the Middle Ages. [No relevance to the Bahá'í Faith other than the translator.] Author: Etienne Gilson. Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ruh_falsafi_vasti http://bahai-library.com/crisis_persian_teacher A brief "Men of the Month" feature on 'Abdu'l-Bahá, "the Persian teacher of brotherhood." Author: Author unknown. Sat, 07 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/crisis_persian_teacher http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ensan_dar_bahai 19 collected works of 'Alí-Murád Dávúdi. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_ensan_dar_bahai http://bahai-library.com/davudi_rahayyih_majmuih_athar 18 articles and various historical materials, including Dr. Davudi's will. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_rahayyih_majmuih_athar http://bahai-library.com/algar_babism_bahaism_ulama On the differing approaches by the Iranian state and the clergy to the Bábí movement. Author: Hamid Algar. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/algar_babism_bahaism_ulama http://bahai-library.com/akhavan_implications_twelver_shiism On the human rights implications of applying Islamic law in Iran to its Bahá'í minority; alternative readings of the sharí‘a that could reconcile discrepancies between the treatment of Bahá'ís with Iran's obligations under international law. Author: Payam Akhavan. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/akhavan_implications_twelver_shiism http://bahai-library.com/davudi_maghalat_rasael_sevom 33 articles and essays on various topics, along with biographies and other historical material. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_maghalat_rasael_sevom http://bahai-library.com/davudi_maghalat_davudi Seven articles on philosophy. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Ibrahim Ashk Shirin, ed. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_maghalat_davudi http://bahai-library.com/davudi_mogham_ensan Transcript of a talk. Date and location not known. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_mogham_ensan http://bahai-library.com/wilson_babism_failure A theological rejection of the Bábí Faith from a Christian missionary's perspective. Author: Samuel Graham Wilson. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/wilson_babism_failure http://bahai-library.com/hussain_bahaism_iran An overview of Bahá'í history and the Iranian response. Author: Ashaq Hussain. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hussain_bahaism_iran http://bahai-library.com/hussain_religion_iran Summary of the status of religious minorities in Iran: the Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism. Author: Ashaq Hussain. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hussain_religion_iran http://bahai-library.com/various_pictorial_history_south-africa Documents the growth of the South African Bahá’í community, highlighting its multiracial community life and efforts to promote unity and peace during the apartheid era up to 1989. Author: Various, Lowell Johnson, Susan Ford, Peter Goodman. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/various_pictorial_history_south-africa http://bahai-library.com/tisdall_babism_what_is A sympathetic appraisal of the Bábí Faith from a Christian missionary's perspective. Author: E. G. Tisdall. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/tisdall_babism_what_is http://bahai-library.com/renan_hutchison_the_apostles One-page discussion of Bábí history. Author: Ernest Renan. William G. Hutchison, trans. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/renan_hutchison_the_apostles http://bahai-library.com/davudi_falsafih_ulum Unpublished document on the philosophy of science. Date and context unknown. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_falsafih_ulum http://bahai-library.com/davudi_aql_hikmat_mosha Lengthy study of Islamic and Greek philosophy, on the concept of the intellect from Aristotle through later Greek and Islamic commentators. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_aql_hikmat_mosha http://bahai-library.com/masrour_sabet_davudi_interview Interview (in Persian) on Bahá'í Radio discussing the perspectives and thoughts of Dr. Davudi, as a modern thinker, and on translating his work into English. Author: Behrooz Sabet, Riaz Masrour, Forouzandeh Masrour. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/masrour_sabet_davudi_interview http://bahai-library.com/townshend_george_townshend_memoriam Overview of Townshend's life and writings. Author: Brian Townshend. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/townshend_george_townshend_memoriam http://bahai-library.com/townshend_altar_hearth Townshend's first work, a book of prayers and meditations emphasizing renewed revelation of truth from God and a new spiritual civilization. Author: George Townshend. Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/townshend_altar_hearth http://bahai-library.com/davudi_uluhiyyat_mazhariyyat_jild-dovvom Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Vahid Rafati, ed. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_uluhiyyat_mazhariyyat_jild-dovvom http://bahai-library.com/davudi_uluhiyyat_ahadiyyat Transcript from a recorded talk on Ahadiyat and the essence of God and vahediyat. Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_uluhiyyat_ahadiyyat http://bahai-library.com/meynard_davudi_shenasiyyih_hasti Persian translation of a French philosophy text. Author: Léon Meynard. Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/meynard_davudi_shenasiyyih_hasti http://bahai-library.com/zamir_affirmative_action Some methods the Bahá'í Faith uses to promote diversity within elected or appointed positions. Author: Brett Zamir. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/zamir_affirmative_action http://bahai-library.com/toth_no_mud_lotus Artistic presentation with quotations from many spiritual sources, best appreciated with soft instrumental music. Author: Jaine Toth. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_no_mud_lotus http://bahai-library.com/toth_art_spirituality_presentation A Powerpoint presentation exploring the interconnectedness of art and spirituality. Author: Jaine Toth. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_art_spirituality_presentation http://bahai-library.com/toth_lives_service A photographic memorial presentation of seven imprisoned Bahá'ís. Author: Jaine Toth. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:03:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_lives_service http://bahai-library.com/bwc_materials_youth_conferences Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Bahá’í youth conferences in 2013, organized under the auspices of the Universal House of Justice, exploring youth identity, community-building, service, and civilization advancement. Author: Bahá'í World Centre. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bwc_materials_youth_conferences http://bahai-library.com/toth_day_covenant_presentation A comprehensive PowerPoint program, incorporating poetry and a short video, in celebration of the Day of the Covenant. The slide presentation is accompanied by a script for three voices. Author: Jaine Toth. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_day_covenant_presentation http://bahai-library.com/brehier_davudi_falsafih_jild-avval Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text. Author: Émile Bréhier. Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/brehier_davudi_falsafih_jild-avval http://bahai-library.com/brehier_davudi_falsafih_jild-dovvom Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text. Author: Émile Bréhier. Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/brehier_davudi_falsafih_jild-dovvom http://bahai-library.com/toth_weaving_arts_presentations A brief slide presentation, with script for narrator, to explain the positive effects achieved when the arts are woven into presentations rather than just used as an adjunct or for entertainment. Author: Jaine Toth. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_weaving_arts_presentations http://bahai-library.com/toth_fred_mortensen A detailed biography, with some photos of Mortensen and 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Green Acre. Author: Jaine Toth. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_fred_mortensen http://bahai-library.com/toth_black_inventors Introduces some black inventors and their accomplishments that make our lives so much better. (No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.) Author: Jaine Toth. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_black_inventors http://bahai-library.com/davudi_bahai_falsafih_sharq Author: Alí Murád Dávúdí. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/davudi_bahai_falsafih_sharq http://bahai-library.com/mustapha_bahai_faith_algeria History of the period beginning with the entry of the Persian pioneers in Algeria in 1953 up to 2003. Author: Rowshan Mustapha. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mustapha_bahai_faith_algeria http://bahai-library.com/coe_evolution_order_bahaullah A visual study exploring the hierarchy, evolution, and distinctions of the New World Order; presentation and notes on the framework Shoghi Effendi described in God Passes By as "that self-same Order." Author: Roger Coe. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/coe_evolution_order_bahaullah http://bahai-library.com/bic_peace_among_nations Brief statement on world peace and the approaching turn of the millennium. Author: Bahá'í International Community. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bic_peace_among_nations http://bahai-library.com/toth_scripts_holy_days Scripts for Ridván and the martyrdom of the Báb blending storytelling, dramatic readings, poetry and music; one for the Birth of the Bab program without a dramatic reading; a piece on equality for any occasion like Women's History Month. Author: Jaine Toth. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_scripts_holy_days http://bahai-library.com/toth_art_act_spirituality A lengthy presentation of beautiful art along with quotes about how art affects the spirit, to be scrolled through slowly, with soft music of your choice playing in the background, as you meditate on each slide. Author: Jaine Toth. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_art_act_spirituality http://bahai-library.com/arani_metaphysical_status_cosmos On the ontological and epistemological status of the cosmos through the lens of Bahá'í metaphysics. The hierarchy of worlds, the progressive nature of revelation, and the Manifestation of God — a cosmological axis — reveal a teleological order. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_metaphysical_status_cosmos http://bahai-library.com/arani_metaphysics_limits_reason On the end of speculative theology, due to divine unknowability, the functions of the Primal Will, the theophanic reality of the Manifestation, and the eternal progression of the soul. Bahá’í theology clarifies the epistemological limits of metaphysics. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_metaphysics_limits_reason http://bahai-library.com/arani_praxis_theology_action Bahá’í theology marks a transition from classical metaphysics to an embodied, praxis-centered framework, not in doctrinal systematization but in the ethical transformation of individuals and societies. Revelation is actualized through justice and unity. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_praxis_theology_action http://bahai-library.com/arani_just-being_ontology_belonging Belonging is not a binary condition — believer or unbeliever — but a continuum shaped by varying degrees of care, orientation, and world-formation. One could self-identify as Bahá’í, participating in a shared civilizational goal but not in the community. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_just-being_ontology_belonging http://bahai-library.com/arani_wisdom_philosophy_reason On a Bahá'í philosophical paradigm that reconfigures the nature of philosophy itself: a prophetic ontology in which wisdom is divinely sourced and civilizational in purpose; being, causality, and knowledge in classical, Islamic, and modern philosophies. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_wisdom_philosophy_reason http://bahai-library.com/arani_guardianship_lineage_claim Theological-legal analysis of the Bahá’í Covenant as it pertains to the institution of the Guardianship, and the claims advanced by Mason Remey and the "Orthodox Bahá’ís"; the nature of the Covenant, the Guardianship, and the Aghsan. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_guardianship_lineage_claim http://bahai-library.com/arani_reason_orbit_revelation A book-length systematic proposal for a Bahá'í philosophical framework across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, engaging phenomenology and contemporary theory while emphasizing praxis grounded in Revelation. (Some chapters already posted separately.) Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_reason_orbit_revelation http://bahai-library.com/arani_timeless_principles_religion Theological map of nine principles in Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith: oneness of God, unknowability of the divine essence, creation by God's sovereign act, office of prophethood, authority of revealed law, cardinal virtues, judgment and death. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_timeless_principles_religion http://bahai-library.com/arani_punishment_marginality_apostasy How religious communities draw and maintain their boundaries; substance vs. rhetoric; guidance for scholars and reformers: a proposed research agenda of anonymized administrative data, digital counterpublics, and the law of voluntary associations. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_punishment_marginality_apostasy http://bahai-library.com/arani_bahai_political_philosophy On a systematic political philosophy of the Bahá’í Faith, which unites metaphysical origins with a political consummation. The Manifestation serves as the legislator and architect of a global civilization; unity is the central teleological concept. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_bahai_political_philosophy http://bahai-library.com/arani_first_principles_revelation On the philosophical necessity of divine Revelation as the foundational axiom of thought. Every philosophical system depends on unprovable first principles. The Manifestations are not only the source of revelation but also the ontological axis of truth. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_first_principles_revelation http://bahai-library.com/arani_unified_paradigm_science Typology of seven interrelated forms of knowledge: material, conceptual, existential, moral, divine, intrinsic divine, and knowledge in conformity with reality. This integrates epistemological plurality, ontological humility, and a moral teleology. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_unified_paradigm_science http://bahai-library.com/arani_superstition_structure_knowledge Superstitions — numerology, astrology, psychic powers, esoteric myths — are an epistemic and spiritual deviation from true knowledge, incompatible with the divine purpose of human understanding; superstition's psychological, cultural, and ethical effects. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_superstition_structure_knowledge http://bahai-library.com/arani_bahai_epistemology_knowledge On the relationship between Bahá’í epistemology and philosophical theories of knowledge including Wittgenstein, Popper, Kuhn, Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, Fairclough, Williamson, Sosa, and Zagzebski; a teleological alternative to constructivist models. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_bahai_epistemology_knowledge http://bahai-library.com/arani_spectrum_forms_knowledge Seven categories identified within the Bahá’í typology of knowledge: material, conceptual, existential, moral, divine, intrinsic divine, and true knowledge in conformity with reality; this view integrates scientific, moral, and spiritual dimensions. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_spectrum_forms_knowledge http://bahai-library.com/arani_ethics_epistemology_other Bahá'í ethics are grounded in clear and manifest action, where divine command and civilizational responsibility converge. The ethical self emerges through participation in a teleological process guided by love, justice, and transformative responsibility. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_ethics_epistemology_other http://bahai-library.com/radmehr_sir_suluk شرحی بر عبارات، اشارات، كلمات، احادیث، اشعار و آیات مبارکه مندرج در هفت وادی . An explanation of phrases, allusions, words, hadiths, poems, and verses of the Quran used in in the Seven Valleys. Author: Fariduddin Radmehr. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/radmehr_sir_suluk http://bahai-library.com/payam_badi 51 issues. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/payam_badi http://bahai-library.com/toth_declaration_bab_presentation Presentation for the celebration of the holy day; includes accolades about the Báb from western notables. Author: Jaine Toth. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_declaration_bab_presentation http://bahai-library.com/uhj_messages_payam_badi Compilation of letters in Persian. Author: Universal House of Justice. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_messages_payam_badi http://bahai-library.com/mccants_framework_events_2000 A collection of quotations and pilgrims notes on events of the latter twentieth century, projected and prophesied. Author: Jack E. McCants. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mccants_framework_events_2000 http://bahai-library.com/toth_four_talks Four talks on the Bahá´í teachings and the arts: A Place for Art; Faith, Art, and Spirituality; Race Unity Day; and The World of Humanity has Two Wings. Author: Jaine Toth. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_four_talks http://bahai-library.com/sabet_davoudi_biography Brief bio of an Iranian philosopher, professor, writer, translator, and the Secretary General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i of Iran, written by his nephew. Author: Behrooz Sabet. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sabet_davoudi_biography http://bahai-library.com/andreasen_crow_pilgrimage_bwc Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre in 1972. Author: Catherine Andreasen, Elsie De Crow. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/andreasen_crow_pilgrimage_bwc http://bahai-library.com/sandoz_pilgrim_notes Account of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Ohio, 1912. Date not given, but header references the author's death year of 1962. Author: Myrta Swingle Sandoz. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sandoz_pilgrim_notes http://bahai-library.com/rosenberg_notes_taken_1904 Book-length collection of quotations from pilgrims' notes and other sources on many aspects of Bahá'í teachings on philosophy and interpretations of religious symbols. Author: Ethel J. Rosenberg. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/rosenberg_notes_taken_1904 http://bahai-library.com/toth_martyrdom_bab_presentation Presentation prepared for the commemoration ceremony July 9, 2024, at Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute. Author: Jaine Toth. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_martyrdom_bab_presentation http://bahai-library.com/lawson_alkan_quran_bahai Overview of the place of the Qur'án in Bahá'í theology and hermeneutics, and as featured in the writings of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdu'l-Bahá. Author: Todd Lawson, Necati Alkan. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lawson_alkan_quran_bahai http://bahai-library.com/publicaffairs-india_concept_notes 18 essays from the Office of Public Affairs of Bahá'ís of India website, on a variety of topics related to family, women, children, peace, equality, diversity, religion, culture, and the arts. Author: Author unknown. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/publicaffairs-india_concept_notes http://bahai-library.com/arani_reflections_two Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_reflections_two http://bahai-library.com/arani_reflections_one Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_reflections_one http://bahai-library.com/arani_interpretation_hermeneutics A methodological guide to symbolic interpretation, including case studies on "sun, moon, and stars," eschatological imagery, and principles for typological reading. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_interpretation_hermeneutics http://bahai-library.com/moffett_abdul-baha_jane_addams On Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Hull House, the community "settlement house" in Chicago, and meeting with Addams, President of the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom and future recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Author: Ruth Moffett. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/moffett_abdul-baha_jane_addams http://bahai-library.com/bennett_pilgrimage_haifa_1954 Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre and meeting the Guardian. Author: Irene Bennett. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bennett_pilgrimage_haifa_1954 http://bahai-library.com/struven_acca_notes Notes of a visit to Haifa and Akka in 1910. Not proofread. Author: Howard C. Struven. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/struven_acca_notes http://bahai-library.com/remey_struven_pilgrim_notes Short answers on various topics, from a visit in 1910. Author: Howard C. Struven, Charles Mason Remey. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/remey_struven_pilgrim_notes http://bahai-library.com/sala_pilgrim_notes Short answers to various question. Author: Emeric Sala. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sala_pilgrim_notes http://bahai-library.com/orbison_kahlil_gibran Short set of anecdotes about the ties between Gibran and the Faith, from a letter to "JPL." Author: Virginia Orbison. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/orbison_kahlil_gibran http://bahai-library.com/sabet_pilgrim_notes Brief overview of visits to the shrines and meeting Abdu'l-Bahá. Author: Hormozdyar Sabet. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sabet_pilgrim_notes http://bahai-library.com/mccormick_notes_pilgrimage_haifa Short recollection of various topics. Author: Alan McCormick. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mccormick_notes_pilgrimage_haifa http://bahai-library.com/hoonaard_etching_idea_unity On the meanings of "unity in diversity" in Bahá'í culture and scholarship and its occurrence in literature; aesthetic and functional analogies; use in governance. Author: Will C. van den Hoonaard. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hoonaard_etching_idea_unity http://bahai-library.com/root_bahai_movement_greatness Tributes to the Bahá'í Faith from various notables and thinkers across Europe. Author: Martha L. Root. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/root_bahai_movement_greatness http://bahai-library.com/memoriam_ruth_moffett_bw Author: Author unknown. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/memoriam_ruth_moffett_bw http://bahai-library.com/moffett_new_keys_revelation Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith expressed through the lens of prophetic Christianity. Author: Ruth Moffett. Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/moffett_new_keys_revelation http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_online_course Links to 117 Youtube videos on Bahá'í history and teachings. Author: John S. Hatcher. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hatcher_online_course http://bahai-library.com/mougoue_man_africa On the travels and politics of Enoch Olinga, who worked with global minorities across national boundaries; the Black international experience as seen through the lens of emotions; dynamics of racial identities and diasporic connections in the 1950s–1970s. Author: Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mougoue_man_africa http://bahai-library.com/momen_esslemonts_survey_1919-1920 Material for an unfinished chapter "Progress of the Bahá'í Movement." Excerpt pp. 62-80 only, as provided by Google Books free preview. Author: Moojan Momen. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/momen_esslemonts_survey_1919-1920 http://bahai-library.com/alexander_forty_years_hawaii Four decades of history and travel, as told partly through personal letters, including many Tablets from `Abdu'l-Bahá to local believers and travel-teachers. Author: Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/alexander_forty_years_hawaii http://bahai-library.com/arani_bab_dalail_sabih A critical reconstruction of the Dalā’il-i-Sab‘ih, presenting formalized arguments and assessing their logical coherence and hermeneutic depth. Author: Iman Motlagh Arani. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arani_bab_dalail_sabih http://bahai-library.com/abs_proceedings_recordings Links to archived audio and video talks and lectures given at meetings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America). Author: Various. Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/abs_proceedings_recordings http://bahai-library.com/nikooeighamsari_positive_peacebuilding On a proactive and preventive model for peacebuilding: building peace as "infrastructure" to prevent conflict from arising in the first place, through community empowerment and systemic social reform. Author: Omid Nikooeighamsari. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nikooeighamsari_positive_peacebuilding http://bahai-library.com/entzminger_manifestation Explains the role and dual identities of the Manifestations of God, who guide humanity, and reveal spiritual truth progressively across religious history. Author: Albert P. Entzminger. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/entzminger_manifestation http://bahai-library.com/sabet_principles_bahai_education A concise review of Bahá’í educational principles offering a unified vision of learning, human potential, and social transformation. Author: Behrooz Sabet. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/sabet_principles_bahai_education http://bahai-library.com/smith_law_liberty_kitab-i-aqdas Three extracts. Author: Peter Smith. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/smith_law_liberty_kitab-i-aqdas http://bahai-library.com/smith_bahai_funds Author: Peter Smith. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/smith_bahai_funds http://bahai-library.com/smith_learned Author: Peter Smith. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/smith_learned http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_hidden-words_early_translations Scans of five editions published 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1929. Author: Bahá'u'lláh. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_hidden-words_early_translations http://bahai-library.com/townshend_genius_ireland Irish humour; the genius of Ireland; a kinship in genius: the English poet-prophets; the language of the Commonwealth; the beauty of Ireland. Author: George Townshend. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/townshend_genius_ireland http://bahai-library.com/dainty_funerals_burial_canada Bahá'í teachings on the body, soul, mind, spirit, and life death; preparations for burial; the graveside ceremony; appendix: quotes from the Writings and other Bahá'í sources; burial shroud examples. Author: Diana Dainty, comp, Don Dainty, comp. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/dainty_funerals_burial_canada http://bahai-library.com/kolins_archives_robert_durr Archival material provided by the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives about the African-American editor of the Birmingham Weekly Review. Author: Steven Kolins, comp. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/kolins_archives_robert_durr http://bahai-library.com/toth_arts_spiritual_transformation A call to individuals and communities, based in part on the Bahá'í Writings, to understand the imperative of weaving the arts into the tapestry of our lives. Exercises are included to stimulate the creativity within each reader. Author: Jaine Toth. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/toth_arts_spiritual_transformation http://bahai-library.com/jones_ernies_universe A compilation from the Writings on themes of spirituality and cosmology, along with personal notes; discussion of the "Universe Chart" on spiritual evolution; the "God Formula", a way to reference God using mathematical terms. Author: Ernie Jones. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/jones_ernies_universe http://bahai-library.com/weaver_story_adam_eve Abdu’l-Bahá's explanations of the story of "Adam and Eve", and further interpretations and background. Author: Karl Weaver. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/weaver_story_adam_eve http://bahai-library.com/nadimi_rethinking_design_question On Darwinian vs the Intelligent Design movement's approach to questions of causation, complexity, and free will; description of a Bahá'í framework, sketching the conceptual terrain, promising lines of argument, and suggestions for further work. Author: Bahman Nadimi. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/nadimi_rethinking_design_question http://bahai-library.com/lights_irfan_21 Papers delivered at Irfan Colloquia. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lights_irfan_21 http://bahai-library.com/memoriam_manuchehr_derakhshani Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/memoriam_manuchehr_derakhshani http://bahai-library.com/quinn_memoriam_ian_kluge Author: Sholeh A. Quinn. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/quinn_memoriam_ian_kluge http://bahai-library.com/seddigh_tablet_fitnih_recipient Tablet to a grand-daughter of Fátḥ-i-‘Alí Sháh and an aunt of Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh, who became one of the believers of the Báb and met Ṭáhirih, travelled to Baghdád and met Bahá'u'lláh, and became one of His ardent adherents. Author: Foad Seddigh. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/seddigh_tablet_fitnih_recipient http://bahai-library.com/momen_potent_god_metaphysics Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of God via St Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and chains of cause and effect. Alternately, God can be seen as the ultimate goal, attracting all of Creation to Him. Author: Moojan Momen. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/momen_potent_god_metaphysics http://bahai-library.com/kluge_which_world On the intellectual and affective consequences of answering the question, "Does God exist or not?"; comparison of worldviews from atheism to theism. Author: Ian Kluge. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/kluge_which_world http://bahai-library.com/borovicka_understanding_traditional_discourses On Gulpaygani's interpretation of the Book of Exodus to address people's quest for historical understandings; an excerpt of his discourse on this topic to selections of the Bahá'í sacred text and authoritative guidance. Author: JoAnn M. Borovicka. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/borovicka_understanding_traditional_discourses http://bahai-library.com/bolodo-taefi_maxims_islamic_philosophy The influence of Islamic thought and intellectual tradition on the Bahá’í Writings; 34 cardinal maxims of Islamic philosophy that are adopted and expounded in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, with examples. Author: Vargha Taefi. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bolodo-taefi_maxims_islamic_philosophy http://bahai-library.com/fatheazam_myth_madness The purpose of religion is to draw unto God through contemplation and to enjoy communion. This demands self-surrender and love. Author: Shahbaz Fatheazam. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/fatheazam_myth_madness http://bahai-library.com/lawson_primordial_covenant_joseph On metaphors of emotion as a mode of cognition in the Quran; emotions of God, represented by the Quranic names and attributes; the role of God in the life of the believer and the community. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Author: Todd Lawson. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lawson_primordial_covenant_joseph http://bahai-library.com/lawson_metaphor_corbin_quran Iranian Islam; the Day of the Covenant, Mundus Imaginalis, and metahistory; metaphor and ta'wil. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith. Author: Todd Lawson. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/lawson_metaphor_corbin_quran http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordination_common_good Statement for the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD). Social progress emerges through coordinated partnership among institutions, communities, and individuals, grounded in trust, consultation, and shared purpose. Author: Bahá'í International Community. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bic_coordination_common_good http://bahai-library.com/ferguson_bahaullahs_warning_muhammad-ali A warning concerning the possibility of Bahá'u'lláh's son straying from the cause; significance of this Tablet in light of the themes of spiritual authority and succession in the Bahá’í Faith; admonitions to remain firm in His Covenant and prevent schism. Author: Aaron J. R. Ferguson. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/ferguson_bahaullahs_warning_muhammad-ali http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_pen_glory_compilation A compilation including Gems of Divine Mysteries, two Tablets to Manikchí Sahib, Tablet of the Seven Questions, and two other tablets. Author: Bahá'u'lláh. Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_pen_glory_compilation http://bahai-library.com/bwc_expressions_equality_family Short documentary, on how the principle of equality is reshaping patterns of life among several families in New Delhi. Author: Bahá'í World Centre. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 12:02:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bwc_expressions_equality_family http://bahai-library.com/hall_wollen_interview_philosophy In-depth interview exploring Bahá’í philosophy, theology, metaphysics, and spirituality. Includes audio and video formats, plus transcript. Author: Joshua Hall, Amos Wollen. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/hall_wollen_interview_philosophy http://bahai-library.com/shams_the_nuggets A newsletter written from a Bahá’í perspective consisting of inspiring stories, news, and history from the culture and wisdom of Canada's First Nations and all religions, contributing to making the world a better and united place. Author: Badi Shams. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/shams_the_nuggets http://bahai-library.com/perry_new_perspective_evolution Applies modern cladistics to evolutionary biology, addressing gaps in Bahá’í scholarship and reframing perceived tensions between evolution and statements of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Author: Douglas Perry. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/perry_new_perspective_evolution http://bahai-library.com/pourshafie_orrell_wisdom_youth How a Bahá’í-inspired school uses moral education to help young people develop wisdom, good character, and positive behavior. Author: Tahereh Khollas Pourshafie, Janice Orrell. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/pourshafie_orrell_wisdom_youth http://bahai-library.com/boyles_carter_afnan_mashriq-adhkar Examines the evolving Bahá’í House of Worship as an emergent institution uniting architecture, community development, and the integration of worship and service. Author: Ann Boyles. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/boyles_carter_afnan_mashriq-adhkar http://bahai-library.com/douglas_pourmokhtari_paradigm_shift Author: Alex Douglas. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/douglas_pourmokhtari_paradigm_shift http://bahai-library.com/arbab_vie_intellectuelle_bahaie On the need for us to have intellectual courage, a lack of elitism, and the harmony of science and religion. Author: Farzam Arbab. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/arbab_vie_intellectuelle_bahaie http://bahai-library.com/mocquais_defi_lance_bahaie Examining Farzam Arbab’s call for intellectual renewal, this article critiques materialist thought and outlines qualities enabling the Bahá’í community to harmonize science, religion, and social transformation. Author: Pierre-Yves Mocquais. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/mocquais_defi_lance_bahaie http://bahai-library.com/verge_wilson-raybould_danesh_reconciliation Review of Reconciling History: A Story of Canada, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh, and True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh. Author: Patricia Verge. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/verge_wilson-raybould_danesh_reconciliation http://bahai-library.com/zabihi_ashtiani_karlberg_trends Examines six emerging methodological trends that signal the maturation of social sciences and guide research toward more inclusive, reflective, and transformative contributions to humanity. Author: Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, Mariam Ashtiani, Michael Karlberg, Mojgan Sami, Negin Toosi. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/zabihi_ashtiani_karlberg_trends http://bahai-library.com/khanum_shoghi-effendi_love_switzerland 4-minute video about the Guardian's time in Switzerland, its historical context relative to Bahá'í history, and insights into his personal feelings about this experience. Author: Rúhíyyih Khánum. Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/khanum_shoghi-effendi_love_switzerland http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_questions_urumi Answers to a range of devotional, doctrinal, and juridical questions submitted by early believers; a comprehensive reply to multiple letters conveying inquiries, greetings, affirmations of obedience, and appeals for spiritual clarification. Author: The Báb. Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/bab_norozi_questions_urumi http://bahai-library.com/uhj_guidance_course_life Ways to conform our conduct to the Teachings and the service of the Cause and mankind, including five steps of prayer for guidance told by the Guardian to Ruth Moffett, which can be regarded as just "personal suggestions" but are "quite sound." Author: Universal House of Justice. Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_guidance_course_life http://bahai-library.com/compilation_national_spiritual_assembly-2023 Compilation outlining the spiritual foundations, responsibilities, and evolving role of National Spiritual Assemblies in fostering unity, administration, and the society-building mission of the Bahá’í Faith. Author: Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/compilation_national_spiritual_assembly-2023 http://bahai-library.com/uhj_suffering_reconstruction_places Author: Universal House of Justice. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_suffering_reconstruction_places http://bahai-library.com/uhj_politics_injustice_1976 Letter to an individual explaining that Bahá’ís avoid partisan politics, focusing instead on spiritual transformation and building a new world order as humanity passes through upheaval. Author: Universal House of Justice. Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_politics_injustice_1976 http://bahai-library.com/townshend_gpb_introduction Original introduction, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book. Author: George Townshend. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/townshend_gpb_introduction http://bahai-library.com/saleha_zaka_tehsin_gender Explores how Pakistani Bahá’ís negotiate religious ideals of gender equality within everyday life, revealing tensions between egalitarian beliefs and patriarchal social norms. Author: Saleha, Ayesha Zaka, Humaira Tehsin. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/saleha_zaka_tehsin_gender http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_gpb_foreword Introduction only, posted separate for reference as it is one of the most significant of the Guardian's writings. Author: Shoghi Effendi. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_gpb_foreword http://bahai-library.com/uhj_authenticity_design_creator Letter from the Office of Correspondence indicating that a passage attributed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá which begins "Know that you are where you are, not by chance, but by the design of your Creator" can not be confirmed. Author: Universal House of Justice. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_authenticity_design_creator http://bahai-library.com/uhj_social_economic_development Letter to the Bahá’ís of the world, urging to coordinated social and economic development, and announcing the inauguration of the Bahá’í International Development Organization. Author: Universal House of Justice. Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/uhj_social_economic_development http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_description_kitab_aqdas Overview of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as Bahá’u’lláh’s Most Holy Book, establishing His laws, institutions, and Covenant, and serving as the charter of a new world order. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Author: Shoghi Effendi. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_description_kitab_aqdas http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_tablets_after_aqdas Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s later Tablets clarifying His laws and teachings, proclaiming human unity, justice, peace, world order, and principles guiding humanity’s collective maturity. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Author: Shoghi Effendi. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_tablets_after_aqdas http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_description_proclamation_bahaullah Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s proclamation to world rulers and religious leaders, calling them to justice, unity, peace, and recognition of His Revelation. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference. Author: Shoghi Effendi. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:01:00 GMT http://bahai-library.com/shoghi-effendi_description_proclamation_bahaullah